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San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Peter Sharrer.
Red polished ware comb figure
San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Peter Sharrer.
Contact San Antonio Museum of Art, Registrar Department for rights and reproduction of this image. Photography by Ansen Seale.

Red polished ware comb figure

DepartmentAncient Mediterranean Art
CultureCypriot
Dateca. 2700-1900 B.C.
MediumTerracotta
Dimensions4 1/8 × 2 1/8 in. (10.5 × 5.4 cm)
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Peter Sharrer
Object number93.75.2
Geography
Place madeCyprus
DescriptionAbstract figure in the shape of a comb, decorated with linear incision on both sides and around the edges. Incisions filled with white paste to provide tonal relief.Provenancepurchased by Peter Sharrer, Hillsdale, NJ, 1991; Peter Sharrer, by gift to San Antonio Museum of Art, 1993
On view
Collections
Red polished ware bowl with lug handles
Red polished ware bowl with lug handles
Culture: Cypriot
ca. 2700-1900 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Mrs. Christine Fulwile.
Jade Object
Unknown
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Image Not Available for Figure with Elongated Head
Figure with Elongated Head
Unknown
Culture: Colima
ca. 200 B.C.-A.D. 250
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Mrs. Christine Fulwile.
Jade Object
Unknown
Culture: Mixtec
ca. A.D. 700-1400
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Mrs. Christine Fulwile.
Jade Object
Unknown
Culture: Mixtec
ca. A.D. 700-1400
San Antonio Museum of Art, purchased with Endowment Funds.
Standing Female Figure
Unknown
Culture: Chupícuaro
ca. 500-100 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Mexican Folk Art Collection.
Carved Coconut Bank
Unknown
ca. 1900
The Nelson A. Rockefeller Mexican Folk Art Collection.
Carved Coconut Bank
20th century
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Mrs. Marie Smith Schwarz.
Summer Drawing #2
Jane Allensworth
1982
San Antonio Museum of Art, purchased with the Antiquities Acquisition Fund.
Comb
Culture: Egyptian
ca. 1352-1336 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Olive Tinniswood Roen.
Comb
Culture: Shuar
ca. 1967
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Olive Tinniswood Roen.
Comb
Culture: Shuar
ca. 1967

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